Reality Therapy and the Labyrinth: A Strategy for Practice

Abstract

This paper presents a strategy for the use of the labyrinth as an adjunctive feature of reality therapy (RT). The introduction of the paper overviews complementary and alternative practices and positions labyrinth work within this context. A literature review that includes brief descriptions of RT and the person-in-environment perspective, history of the labyrinth, and uses of the labyrinth for various purposes will be explained. A discussion of the walking and finger types of labyrinths that are useful for therapy will be presented. The stages of labyrinth work in the context of RT will be described. Implications for the use of the labyrinth as an adjunctive method will be explored.

KEYWORDS:

• Reality therapy
• labyrinth
• walking labyrinth
• finger labyrinth